Chad McElvany

Deputy Chief Operating Officer

In 2002, Chad joined Molpus as a Lands and Harvesting Manager in southwest Louisiana and has worked in multiple capacities while with the company. Starting in 2012, he served as Property Manager in Idaho and Eastern Washington, until he accepted the position of Operations Director for the Northwest Region in 2016. In 2023, Chad relocated to Hattiesburg, MS where he was promoted to Deputy Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Chad works directly with Ken Sewell, Molpus’s Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, on the day-to-day management of Molpus’s nationwide operations, including budgetary and operational management, operational analytics, and organizational planning and structuring.   

During his tenure with Molpus, Chad has also served as Harvesting Manager-Silsbee, Texas, Inventory Manager-Southeastern U.S., and Division Forester-Antlers, Oklahoma and Corrigan, Texas.

Prior to Molpus, he was employed by F&W Forestry Services, where he gained considerable experience in forest inventory. Chad has served on the Idaho Pro-Logger Advisory Committee, the SFI Implementation Committee for Idaho (Chair) and Washington, and the Trucking and Labor Task Force Coalition.

Chad is a 1998 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Forestry with a minor in biology.

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